DEA
1 Americanabbreviation
Example Sentences
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The DEA is supporting the Bolivian government as it conducts "reliability" screens on anti-narcotics officers using polygraph lie detectors.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
"We are investigating with the DEA, we are exchanging information."
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The nephews urged Haitian officials to call Caracas, since they were “important people,” the officials told Sandalio Gonzalez, the lead DEA agent on the case.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
She said she never received the large sum of money from Epstein cited in the memo and was never contacted by the DEA.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
During that same period, DEA antidrug spending grew from $86 to $1,026 million, and FBI antidrug allocations grew from $38 to $181 million.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
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